Chocolate Spooky Graveyard Cookie Kit, Chocolate

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Chocolate Spooky Graveyard Cookie Kit, Chocolate scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Palm Oil And/Or Modified Palm Oil Corn Syrup. Modified Corn Starch): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Processed With Alkali): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin As An Emulsifier, Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60. Titanium Dioxide): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Ascorbyl Palmitate Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Chocolate Spooky Graveyard Cookie Kit, Chocolate's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar, Invert Sugar, White Icing: Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Soda Natural & Artificial Flavors.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Potassium Sorbate Preservative . Mixed Tocopherols, Green Icing: Powdered Sugar Sugar, Cornstarch. Water, Palm Oil And/Or Modified Palm Oil, Corn Syrup Modified Corn Starch Salt, Blue 1. Artificial Flavors Mono-And Diglycerides, Citric Acid, Polysorbate 60 Titanium Dioxde Potassium Sorbate Preservative Mixed Tocopherols Yellow 6 Ascorbyl Palmitate Natural Flavor. Yellow 5.,Oreos Cookies: Unbleached Enriched Flour Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate Vitamin B1 Riboflavin Vitamin B2 Folic Acid, Sugar Palm And Or Canola Oil Cocoa Processed With Alkalo High Fructose Corn Syrup Leavening Baking Soda And/Or Calcium Phosphate , Salt. Soy Lecithin. Chocolate, Artificial Flavor.,Oreo Mini Cookies : Unbleached Enriched Flour Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate Vitamin B1. Riboflavin Vitamin B2} Folic Acd Sugar, Palm And/Or Canola Oil Dextrose. Cocoa Processed With Alkali , High Fructose Corn Syrup, Leavening Baking Soda And/Or Calcium Phosphate Salt Soy Lecithin, Chocolate, Artificial Flavor.,Candy Jewels: Dextrose Corn Syrup Citric Acid. Calcium Stearate, Tapioca Dextrin, Titanium Dioxide Colori. Confectioners Glaze Carnauba Wax Artificial Flavors, Red 3. Blue 1. Yellow 6.,Candy Bats: Dextrose, Corn Syrup, Citric Acid Calcium Stearate, Tapioca Dextrin, Titanium Dioxide Colori Confectioners Glaze Carnauba Wax, Artificial Flavors, Red 40 Yellow 6, Blue 1. Reo 40 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 1 Lake.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.